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Montes, Uruguay

Village in Canelones Department, Uruguay

34°29′34″S 55°33′41″W / 34.49278°S 55.56139°W / -34.49278; -55.56139Country

UruguayDepartmentCanelones DepartmentFounded1891Population

(2011)

• Total1,760Time zoneUTC -3Postal code

91003

Dial plan+598 4317 (+4 digits)

Montes is a village in the east of Canelones Department of southern Uruguay.

Montes is also the name of the municipality to which the town belongs.

Geography

Location

The village is located on Route 81, 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) east of Migues and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the city of Minas (via Routes 8 and 81). The border with Lavalleja Department is the stream Arroyo Solís Grande, which flows by the east limits of the town.

History

Montes was founded in November 1891.^[1] Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) on 3 November 1952 by the Act of Ley Nº 11.878.^[2]

Population

According to the 2011 census, Montes had a population of 1,760.^[3] In 2010, the Intendencia de Canelones had estimated a population of 1,968 for the municipality during the elections.^[4]

Location map of the Municipality of Montes

Year	Population
1963	1,843
1975	2,236
1985	2,156
1996	1,973
2004	1,713
2011	1,760

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay^[1]

Places of worship

Parish Church of St. Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004)" (PDF). INE. 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^ "LEY N° 13.299". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1952. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Canelones". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "ELECCIONES - Canelones". El Observador. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.